Industrialization and Reform

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Obama's Recovery plan and results -

Wealth gap in US -
Keynote presentation comparing Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal to economic recovery now:


Presentation about reform movements -
Open this document to locate links for your 2nd Industrial Revolution reading.


Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, exposes abuses in the meatpacking industry -

Lewis Hines' photographs expose problems with child labor -

Jacob Riis' work exposes problems with tenements in cities -


Economic differences between North and South -


Cotton gin and growth of slavery -

Introduction - economic changes in US History -